(Originally posted August 3, 2006)
Wednesday, August 2, 2006, the Lord
directed me to call a fast throughout the world for Israel. Every person
needs to have the mind of the Spirit to determine the length of their
fast and how often they should fast.
Joel 2:1 states, "Blow ye
the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it
is nigh at hand;" v.1
Continuing on in verses 12-32 of Joel 2, "Therefore
also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and
with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: v.12
And rend your heart, and not
your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the
evil. v.13
Who knoweth if he will
return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering
and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? v.14
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: v.15
Gather the people, sanctify
the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those
that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and
the bride out of her closet. v.16
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar,
and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage
to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should
they say among the people, Where is their God? v.17
We see here that this is a prayer that God has given to Zion to pray for the nation of Israel.
*Updated August 4, 2006:
[For several years, I have believed that the promises to Israel were
also to the body of Christ. In the past twelve hours, my heart has been
enlarged to pray this prayer for Israel and the body of Christ. There is
no question that the heathen rule Israel through the United Nations and
that the body of Christ is ruled by religious people. I want to
encourage every one that hath an ear to hear what the Spirit of God is
saying to pray this prayer for Israel and the body of Christ.]
Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. v.18
Yea, the Lord will answer and say
unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye
shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach
among the heathen: v.19
But I will remove far off
from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and
desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward
the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall
come up, because he hath done great things. v.20
Verses 18-20 tell us the result of
praying that prayer. We notice in verse 20 that God will remove far off
the northern army (that is the Hezbollah).
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things. v.21
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the
field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree
beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their
strength. v.22
Be glad then, ye children of
Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the
former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain,
the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. v.23
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. v.24
And I will restore to you the years
that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the
palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. v.25
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be
satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt
wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. v.26
And ye shall know that I am in the
midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my
people shall never be ashamed." v.27
We notice in these passages that God
promises to restore to Israel what the locust, the cankerworm, the
caterpillar, and the palmerworm, his great army hath eaten. This
restoration will come through the preaching and the believing of the
death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ (the gospel).
In Acts 2, on the day of Pentecost,
after the one hundred twenty were filled with the Holy Spirit and began
speaking in other tongues, Peter standing up with the eleven spoke these
passages in the 2nd chapter of the prophet Joel verses 28-32, "And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: v.28
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. v.29
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. v.30
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of Lord come. v.31
And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for
in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath
said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." v.32
Beginning in Acts 2 verse 22, Peter
preached the gospel through verse 36. When they heard the gospel verse
37 tells us the result, they asked the question, "Men and brethren, what
shall we do?" Verse 41 tells us that they that gladly received the word
were baptized and about three thousand souls were added that day. This
gospel was effective in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost and it will be
effective today if we continue to fast.
*Updated August 14, 2006:
[I thank God for the ceasefire in Israel and Lebanon. I want to
encourage God's people to continue to fast and pray for Israel and the
body of Christ. The spiritual war is not over and it is not time to let
down now.]
God Bless
Doyle Davidson
Servant and apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ
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